The Ministry of Public Service and Modernization of the Administration of the Kingdom of Morocco, CAFRAD and ACBF are organizing form the 31st of May to the 1st of June 2016, the 12th Pan-African Ministerial Forum on the Modernization of Public Services and State Institutions. The theme of this meeting will be “The Cultural Dimension of Responsible Public Governance in the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals”

CAFRAD and ACBF are organizing a Conference on Evaluation of Strategies and Actions of African Countries in Pursuing the Objectives of Economic Emergence “How can African countries effectively meet the requirements of the Emergence Vision?”. It will be held in Tangier (Morocco) from 26 to 28 January 2015

CAFRAD and ACBF are organizing a Forum on Reform of Laws, Regulations, Infrastructures and Administrative Procedures relating to Elections “Strategies to be adopted to prevent electoral crises (Pre-, during and Post) in Africa”. It will be held in Tangier (Morocco) from 13 to 15 October 2014

The Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration (AMEPPA) is pleased to announce the Third Global Conference on Public Policy and Administration in the Middle East. This conference will convene at the American University of Beirut on December 5 – 6, 2014 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Open Government Data Forum, organized by Emirates ID Authority (EIDA) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), will be held from 28-19 April, 2014 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with the theme “Open Data in the Public Administration of the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries”. The purpose of this forum is to bring together an international group of open data/ open government practitioners from different parts of the world to share their collective experiences and provide insights on implementing open data applications and transforming governments into open government champions.

Public Governance and the Role of Citizens in Shaping the Open Government Dialogue - Can We Use the Open Government to Accelerate Public Governance? organized by Arab Administrative Development Organization(ARADO), will be held at the Royal Palace of Caserta in Caserta, Italy, from 17-19 March 2014, in cooperation with the MENA-OECD Governance Programme Centre in Caserta.

MUSCAT - The Information Technology Authority (ITA) has launched a new Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) system to help secure online transactions.

The advantages of the PKI system were announced during the launch of ITA’s National Digital Certification Center at Crowne Plaza Muscat on Monday.

The centre, also known as Root Certificate Authority (RCA), will be the trusted medium that provides PKI services to enable Internet users to exchange data securely and make online transaction through the use of public and private cryptographic key pairs.

Energy Production Trend in Iran and Its Effect on Sustainable DevelopmentThe purpose of this study is to review the energy production trend from different energy resources in recent decades and its effect on sustainable energy production as one of the basic axis of sustainable development in Iran. The contents include seven parts: Introduction, methodology, population & production, energy production in Iran, energy & development, policies for energy supply, conclusion. It provides many statistical tables, figures to portray conditions in Iran. At last, the authors indicate that Iran should take advantage of the oil & gas energy resources, and provide more investments in producing renewable energy.05 June 2017